Opportunities

It seems to me that all of our problems, tragedies, difficulties and crises are opportunities to be sprinkled (or doused) by spiritual fertilizer.

Thus our roots multiply and go deeper into the living water, our branches expand upwards to God and sideways to others, and some criss-cross toward the center and have to be painfully, but necessarily, pruned to re-direct them outward.

Our leaves take on a healthy glow for all to see, and they act as a beacon to guide others to the Lord.

Our bark becomes denser as an armor against sin and temptation.

Have you thanked the Lord lately for this healthy, invigorating, nourishing treatment?

Anne Darr 2006